BuildWealth by Starting Your Own PersonalBankInfinite banking concepts show us why it is important to start our personal bank to grow wealth and to avoid paying creditors and lenders our hard earned money.

published:03 Oct 2014

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Are you a Ph.D. student from Sub-Saharan Africa? Are you 32 years of age or younger? The World Bank Group is launching the second edition of the Africa Fellowship Program, an exciting initiative targeting Ph.D. candidates from Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly women. Apply now for a 6-month fellowship and help us work to eradicate poverty and increase shared prosperity: http://worldbank.org/africa/wbgfellows

The strategy, Africa's Future and the World Bank's Support to It, has two pillars, Competitiveness and Employment and Vulnerability and Resilience and a foundation, Governance and Public Sector Capacity. The Region developed the strategy on the basis of extensive face-to-face and online consultations in Africa over a period of eight months in 2010. More than 2,000 people in 36 countries participated.
For more information on the World Bank's Africa Strategy, please visit:
http://go.worldbank.org/0PJJBZYPG0

published:18 Apr 2011

views:4920

Fraudsters in Ghana show us how they use internet scams to steal thousands of dollars from unsuspecting victims all over the globe.
--
While Nigeria's 401 scammers may have written the book on West African internet fraud, their shtick looks like Compuserve compared to what's going on in Ghana. Unsatisfied with the meager winnings from emailing thousands of random Westerners in hopes of convincing one poor sap they're the treasurer of the Ivory Coast, Ghana's scammers decided to stack the odds in their favor the old-fashioned way—witchcraft.
Taking a page from cyberpunk, traditional West African Juju priests adapted their services to the needs of the information age and started leading down-on-their-luck internet scammers through strange and costly rituals designed to increase their powers of persuasion and make their emails irresistible to greedy Americans. And so "Sakawa" was born.
Now not only is Sakawa Ghana's most popular youth activity and one of its biggest underground economies, it's a full-blown national phenomenon. Sakawa has its own tunes, clothing brands, Sakawasploitation flicks, and even a metastatic backlash from Christian preachers and the press. When we were in Accra over the summer it was impossible to walk more than 10 feet without seeing the word Sakawa in blood-red Misfits letters on a poster or tabloid, often accompanied by bone-chilling horrors of the photoshopped variety.
The government is freaked out because Sakawa is threatening Ghana's business reputation, the Christians are freaked out because they're losing money to the Juju priests, the press is freaked out because being freaked out is what sells papers, and the public is freaked out because their government, preacher, and media are all telling them they should be. All the while the Sakawa boys are living the high life and racking up debts to the spirit world, just waiting for the axe to fall.
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The World Bank in its latest assessment of economic trends across sub Saharan Africa, says that growth remains slower than expected at an average of 2.7%.
Albert Zeufack, the World Bank Chief Economist for Africa, says that slow growth is partly a reflection of less foreign direct investments, low momentum in global trade and industrial activity.
The bi annual analysis of the state of African Economies by the World Bank dubbed Africa's Pulse, ties in with Bank of Uganda's latest assessment that global oil prices, volatile currency market coupled with inflation remain indicators of stress on the economy.
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published:04 Oct 2018

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This is the latest in a series of transformative strategies that have resulted in sustained growth. From 2013 to November 2017, Access Bank has increased its total assets at a CAGR of 18% and delivered shareholder returns of 90%. The bank has also grown its customer base from 90,000 in 2002 to over 8 million in 2017 and in the same period opened 351 new branches.
The new 5-year strategy will accelerate this growth story to position Access Bank as the No. 1Nigerian bank by 2022 and create a Universal Payments Gateway to dominate international trade and inter-African payments.
The new strategy has six strategic levers:
• Digitally led
• Retail banking growth and consolidation in wholesale markets
• Customer focused
• Analytics driven, with robust risk management
• Strong global collaboration in key gateway markets
• The creation of a universal payments gateway
To deliver the transformation, Access Bank will adopt a new organisational structure. The retail bank will have a customer segment focus, driven by digital and payments. The corporate bank will build deep sector expertise and deploy global relationship managers. Access Bank’s subsidiaries will be organised around strategic clusters, with strong collaboration between them to secure trade finance and correspondent banking. The bank’s transformation programme will be underpinned by robust risk management together with high levels of automation to enhance the compliance and risk functions and drive customer insights.
In next phase of its transformation programme, Access Bank will embark on a series of bold initiatives. At home, the goal is to be the No. 1 bank in Nigeria by growing the retail customer base, SME client base, and by dominating the top 100Nigerian corporates. Internationally it will develop an integrated global franchise by strategically developing its presence in key African markets, enhancing collaboration in global financial gateways including London and New York, Asia and the Middle East, and strengthening its trade hubs in India, Dubai and China.
A strengthened presence in key African markets, and the creation of Universal Payments Gateway combined with an integrated global franchise, ideally positions Access Bank to be Africa’s Gateway to the World.

published:04 Dec 2017

views:3003

The South African banking system is seen by many as world class. There are 51 million retail bank accounts on the books, in a country that has 51 million people. However, there is still a dependence on the physical branch networks as consumers haven't made the switch to electronic banking, yet, and this is costing the banks dearly. CCTV's Angelo Coppola with the story.

published:11 Jul 2013

views:145

Useful for those wishing to earn a living through eCommerce, or just need a convenient bank account.

Access Bank Plc

Locations

The bank's headquarters is located in Lagos, Nigeria's financial centre. Access Bank has in excess of 300 bank branches in Nigeria's major commercial centers.

Overview

Access Bank is a large financial services provider, with an asset base in excess of US$12.6 billion (NGN:2.02 trillion), as of February 2012. The shareholders' equity in the bank is valued at approximately US$2.33 billion (NGN:373.5 billion)

Starting in 2007, Access Bank began an International expansion drive. As of February 2012, it has subsidiaries in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, The Gambia, United Kingdom, and Zambia.

Construction of the 300 islands began in 2003, only to halt due to the 2008 financial crisis. Though 60 percent of the islands had been sold off to private contractors back in 2008, development on most of these islands has failed to initiate. As of late 2013, only two of the islands had been developed. In January, 2014, Kleindienst Group announced the launch of "The Heart of Europe" project; by February, 2014, one of Kleindienst Group's brands - JK Properties' announced in their monthly newsletter that the project was "well underway". The first of these series of islands will be Europe, Sweden and Germany with development led by Kleindienst Group, the Developer for The Heart of Europe project.

.hack

.hack (pronounced "dot-hack") is a Japanese multimedia franchise that encompasses two projects; Project .hack and .hack Conglomerate. Both projects were primarily created/developed by CyberConnect2, and published by Bandai. The series is mainly followed through the anime and video game installations, and has been adapted through manga, novels and other related media.

Games

.hack, a series of four PlayStation 2 games that follow the story of the .hackers, Kite and BlackRose, and their attempts to find out what caused the sudden coma of Kite's friend, Orca, and BlackRose's brother, Kazu. The four volumes, in sequence, are .hack//Infection, .hack//Mutation, .hack//Outbreak, and .hack//Quarantine.

South Africa is a multiethnic society encompassing a wide variety of cultures, languages, and religions. Its pluralistic makeup is reflected in the constitution's recognition of 11 official languages, which is among the highest number of any country in the world. Two of these languages are of European origin: Afrikaans developed from Dutch and serves as the first language of most white and coloured South Africans; English reflects the legacy of British colonialism, and is commonly used in public and commercial life, though it is fourth-ranked as a spoken first language.

Apartheid

Apartheid (Afrikaans pronunciation:[ɐˈpartɦɛit]; an Afrikaans word meaning "separateness", or "the state of being apart", literally "apart-hood") was a system of racial segregation in South Africa enforced through legislation by the National Party (NP), the governing party from 1948 to 1994. Under apartheid, the rights, associations, and movements of the majority black inhabitants and other ethnic groups were curtailed, and white minority rule was maintained. Apartheid was developed after World War II by the Afrikaner-dominated National Party and Broederbond organizations. The ideology was also enforced in South West Africa, which was administered by South Africa under a League of Nations mandate (revoked in 1966 via United Nations Resolution 2145), until it gained independence as Namibia in 1990. By extension, the term is currently used for forms of systematic segregation established by the state authority in a country against the social and civil rights of a certain group of citizens due to ethnic prejudices.

Since 2007, through significant development funding and reciprocal tours, South Africa has regularly competed against junior teams from Australia. This resulted in a dramatic improvement at senior level, with South Africa defeating Ireland by a narrow margin to place 3rd overall in the 2008 AFIC.

Barclays Africa Internet Banking Registration

12:24

Build Wealth by Starting Your Own Personal Bank

Build Wealth by Starting Your Own Personal Bank

Build Wealth by Starting Your Own Personal Bank

BuildWealth by Starting Your Own PersonalBankInfinite banking concepts show us why it is important to start our personal bank to grow wealth and to avoid paying creditors and lenders our hard earned money.

2:56

Apply Now: The World Bank Group Africa Fellowship Program

Apply Now: The World Bank Group Africa Fellowship Program

Apply Now: The World Bank Group Africa Fellowship Program

Are you a Ph.D. student from Sub-Saharan Africa? Are you 32 years of age or younger? The World Bank Group is launching the second edition of the Africa Fellowship Program, an exciting initiative targeting Ph.D. candidates from Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly women. Apply now for a 6-month fellowship and help us work to eradicate poverty and increase shared prosperity: http://worldbank.org/africa/wbgfellows

Africa's Future and the World Bank's support to it

The strategy, Africa's Future and the World Bank's Support to It, has two pillars, Competitiveness and Employment and Vulnerability and Resilience and a foundation, Governance and Public Sector Capacity. The Region developed the strategy on the basis of extensive face-to-face and online consultations in Africa over a period of eight months in 2010. More than 2,000 people in 36 countries participated.
For more information on the World Bank's Africa Strategy, please visit:
http://go.worldbank.org/0PJJBZYPG0

20:31

Internet Scamming in Ghana

Internet Scamming in Ghana

Internet Scamming in Ghana

Fraudsters in Ghana show us how they use internet scams to steal thousands of dollars from unsuspecting victims all over the globe.
--
While Nigeria's 401 scammers may have written the book on West African internet fraud, their shtick looks like Compuserve compared to what's going on in Ghana. Unsatisfied with the meager winnings from emailing thousands of random Westerners in hopes of convincing one poor sap they're the treasurer of the Ivory Coast, Ghana's scammers decided to stack the odds in their favor the old-fashioned way—witchcraft.
Taking a page from cyberpunk, traditional West African Juju priests adapted their services to the needs of the information age and started leading down-on-their-luck internet scammers through strange and costly rituals designed to increase their powers of persuasion and make their emails irresistible to greedy Americans. And so "Sakawa" was born.
Now not only is Sakawa Ghana's most popular youth activity and one of its biggest underground economies, it's a full-blown national phenomenon. Sakawa has its own tunes, clothing brands, Sakawasploitation flicks, and even a metastatic backlash from Christian preachers and the press. When we were in Accra over the summer it was impossible to walk more than 10 feet without seeing the word Sakawa in blood-red Misfits letters on a poster or tabloid, often accompanied by bone-chilling horrors of the photoshopped variety.
The government is freaked out because Sakawa is threatening Ghana's business reputation, the Christians are freaked out because they're losing money to the Juju priests, the press is freaked out because being freaked out is what sells papers, and the public is freaked out because their government, preacher, and media are all telling them they should be. All the while the Sakawa boys are living the high life and racking up debts to the spirit world, just waiting for the axe to fall.
Hosted by Thomas Morton | Originally released in 2011 at http://vice.com
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1:41

Sub-saharan Africa's economic growth slows down - World Bank

Sub-saharan Africa's economic growth slows down - World Bank

Sub-saharan Africa's economic growth slows down - World Bank

The World Bank in its latest assessment of economic trends across sub Saharan Africa, says that growth remains slower than expected at an average of 2.7%.
Albert Zeufack, the World Bank Chief Economist for Africa, says that slow growth is partly a reflection of less foreign direct investments, low momentum in global trade and industrial activity.
The bi annual analysis of the state of African Economies by the World Bank dubbed Africa's Pulse, ties in with Bank of Uganda's latest assessment that global oil prices, volatile currency market coupled with inflation remain indicators of stress on the economy.
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This is the latest in a series of transformative strategies that have resulted in sustained growth. From 2013 to November 2017, Access Bank has increased its total assets at a CAGR of 18% and delivered shareholder returns of 90%. The bank has also grown its customer base from 90,000 in 2002 to over 8 million in 2017 and in the same period opened 351 new branches.
The new 5-year strategy will accelerate this growth story to position Access Bank as the No. 1Nigerian bank by 2022 and create a Universal Payments Gateway to dominate international trade and inter-African payments.
The new strategy has six strategic levers:
• Digitally led
• Retail banking growth and consolidation in wholesale markets
• Customer focused
• Analytics driven, with robust risk management
• Strong global collaboration in key gateway markets
• The creation of a universal payments gateway
To deliver the transformation, Access Bank will adopt a new organisational structure. The retail bank will have a customer segment focus, driven by digital and payments. The corporate bank will build deep sector expertise and deploy global relationship managers. Access Bank’s subsidiaries will be organised around strategic clusters, with strong collaboration between them to secure trade finance and correspondent banking. The bank’s transformation programme will be underpinned by robust risk management together with high levels of automation to enhance the compliance and risk functions and drive customer insights.
In next phase of its transformation programme, Access Bank will embark on a series of bold initiatives. At home, the goal is to be the No. 1 bank in Nigeria by growing the retail customer base, SME client base, and by dominating the top 100Nigerian corporates. Internationally it will develop an integrated global franchise by strategically developing its presence in key African markets, enhancing collaboration in global financial gateways including London and New York, Asia and the Middle East, and strengthening its trade hubs in India, Dubai and China.
A strengthened presence in key African markets, and the creation of Universal Payments Gateway combined with an integrated global franchise, ideally positions Access Bank to be Africa’s Gateway to the World.

2:33

Customers yet to embrace e-banking in South Africa

Customers yet to embrace e-banking in South Africa

Customers yet to embrace e-banking in South Africa

The South African banking system is seen by many as world class. There are 51 million retail bank accounts on the books, in a country that has 51 million people. However, there is still a dependence on the physical branch networks as consumers haven't made the switch to electronic banking, yet, and this is costing the banks dearly. CCTV's Angelo Coppola with the story.

10:02

How to open a US bank account from anywhere in Africa

How to open a US bank account from anywhere in Africa

How to open a US bank account from anywhere in Africa

Useful for those wishing to earn a living through eCommerce, or just need a convenient bank account.

Banking in South Africa

Barclays Africa Internet Banking Registration

published: 15 Oct 2015

Build Wealth by Starting Your Own Personal Bank

BuildWealth by Starting Your Own PersonalBankInfinite banking concepts show us why it is important to start our personal bank to grow wealth and to avoid paying creditors and lenders our hard earned money.

published: 03 Oct 2014

Apply Now: The World Bank Group Africa Fellowship Program

Are you a Ph.D. student from Sub-Saharan Africa? Are you 32 years of age or younger? The World Bank Group is launching the second edition of the Africa Fellowship Program, an exciting initiative targeting Ph.D. candidates from Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly women. Apply now for a 6-month fellowship and help us work to eradicate poverty and increase shared prosperity: http://worldbank.org/africa/wbgfellows

Africa's Future and the World Bank's support to it

The strategy, Africa's Future and the World Bank's Support to It, has two pillars, Competitiveness and Employment and Vulnerability and Resilience and a foundation, Governance and Public Sector Capacity. The Region developed the strategy on the basis of extensive face-to-face and online consultations in Africa over a period of eight months in 2010. More than 2,000 people in 36 countries participated.
For more information on the World Bank's Africa Strategy, please visit:
http://go.worldbank.org/0PJJBZYPG0

published: 18 Apr 2011

Internet Scamming in Ghana

Fraudsters in Ghana show us how they use internet scams to steal thousands of dollars from unsuspecting victims all over the globe.
--
While Nigeria's 401 scammers may have written the book on West African internet fraud, their shtick looks like Compuserve compared to what's going on in Ghana. Unsatisfied with the meager winnings from emailing thousands of random Westerners in hopes of convincing one poor sap they're the treasurer of the Ivory Coast, Ghana's scammers decided to stack the odds in their favor the old-fashioned way—witchcraft.
Taking a page from cyberpunk, traditional West African Juju priests adapted their services to the needs of the information age and started leading down-on-their-luck internet scammers through strange and costly rituals designed to increase their powers...

published: 01 Mar 2013

Sub-saharan Africa's economic growth slows down - World Bank

The World Bank in its latest assessment of economic trends across sub Saharan Africa, says that growth remains slower than expected at an average of 2.7%.
Albert Zeufack, the World Bank Chief Economist for Africa, says that slow growth is partly a reflection of less foreign direct investments, low momentum in global trade and industrial activity.
The bi annual analysis of the state of African Economies by the World Bank dubbed Africa's Pulse, ties in with Bank of Uganda's latest assessment that global oil prices, volatile currency market coupled with inflation remain indicators of stress on the economy.
#NTVNews
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For more news visit http://www.ntv.co.ug
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This is the latest in a series of transformative strategies that have resulted in sustained growth. From 2013 to November 2017, Access Bank has increased its total assets at a CAGR of 18% and delivered shareholder returns of 90%. The bank has also grown its customer base from 90,000 in 2002 to over 8 million in 2017 and in the same period opened 351 new branches.
The new 5-year strategy will accelerate this growth story to position Access Bank as the No. 1Nigerian bank by 2022 and create a Universal Payments Gateway to dominate international trade and inter-African payments.
The new strategy has six strategic levers:
• Digitally led
• Retail banking growth and consolidation in wholesale markets
• Customer focused
• Analytics driven, with robust risk management
• Strong global collab...

published: 04 Dec 2017

Customers yet to embrace e-banking in South Africa

The South African banking system is seen by many as world class. There are 51 million retail bank accounts on the books, in a country that has 51 million people. However, there is still a dependence on the physical branch networks as consumers haven't made the switch to electronic banking, yet, and this is costing the banks dearly. CCTV's Angelo Coppola with the story.

published: 11 Jul 2013

How to open a US bank account from anywhere in Africa

Useful for those wishing to earn a living through eCommerce, or just need a convenient bank account.

BuildWealth by Starting Your Own PersonalBankInfinite banking concepts show us why it is important to start our personal bank to grow wealth and to avoid paying creditors and lenders our hard earned money.

BuildWealth by Starting Your Own PersonalBankInfinite banking concepts show us why it is important to start our personal bank to grow wealth and to avoid paying creditors and lenders our hard earned money.

Are you a Ph.D. student from Sub-Saharan Africa? Are you 32 years of age or younger? The World Bank Group is launching the second edition of the Africa Fellowship Program, an exciting initiative targeting Ph.D. candidates from Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly women. Apply now for a 6-month fellowship and help us work to eradicate poverty and increase shared prosperity: http://worldbank.org/africa/wbgfellows

Are you a Ph.D. student from Sub-Saharan Africa? Are you 32 years of age or younger? The World Bank Group is launching the second edition of the Africa Fellowship Program, an exciting initiative targeting Ph.D. candidates from Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly women. Apply now for a 6-month fellowship and help us work to eradicate poverty and increase shared prosperity: http://worldbank.org/africa/wbgfellows

The strategy, Africa's Future and the World Bank's Support to It, has two pillars, Competitiveness and Employment and Vulnerability and Resilience and a foundation, Governance and Public Sector Capacity. The Region developed the strategy on the basis of extensive face-to-face and online consultations in Africa over a period of eight months in 2010. More than 2,000 people in 36 countries participated.
For more information on the World Bank's Africa Strategy, please visit:
http://go.worldbank.org/0PJJBZYPG0

The strategy, Africa's Future and the World Bank's Support to It, has two pillars, Competitiveness and Employment and Vulnerability and Resilience and a foundation, Governance and Public Sector Capacity. The Region developed the strategy on the basis of extensive face-to-face and online consultations in Africa over a period of eight months in 2010. More than 2,000 people in 36 countries participated.
For more information on the World Bank's Africa Strategy, please visit:
http://go.worldbank.org/0PJJBZYPG0

Internet Scamming in Ghana

Fraudsters in Ghana show us how they use internet scams to steal thousands of dollars from unsuspecting victims all over the globe.
--
While Nigeria's 401 scamm...

Fraudsters in Ghana show us how they use internet scams to steal thousands of dollars from unsuspecting victims all over the globe.
--
While Nigeria's 401 scammers may have written the book on West African internet fraud, their shtick looks like Compuserve compared to what's going on in Ghana. Unsatisfied with the meager winnings from emailing thousands of random Westerners in hopes of convincing one poor sap they're the treasurer of the Ivory Coast, Ghana's scammers decided to stack the odds in their favor the old-fashioned way—witchcraft.
Taking a page from cyberpunk, traditional West African Juju priests adapted their services to the needs of the information age and started leading down-on-their-luck internet scammers through strange and costly rituals designed to increase their powers of persuasion and make their emails irresistible to greedy Americans. And so "Sakawa" was born.
Now not only is Sakawa Ghana's most popular youth activity and one of its biggest underground economies, it's a full-blown national phenomenon. Sakawa has its own tunes, clothing brands, Sakawasploitation flicks, and even a metastatic backlash from Christian preachers and the press. When we were in Accra over the summer it was impossible to walk more than 10 feet without seeing the word Sakawa in blood-red Misfits letters on a poster or tabloid, often accompanied by bone-chilling horrors of the photoshopped variety.
The government is freaked out because Sakawa is threatening Ghana's business reputation, the Christians are freaked out because they're losing money to the Juju priests, the press is freaked out because being freaked out is what sells papers, and the public is freaked out because their government, preacher, and media are all telling them they should be. All the while the Sakawa boys are living the high life and racking up debts to the spirit world, just waiting for the axe to fall.
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Fraudsters in Ghana show us how they use internet scams to steal thousands of dollars from unsuspecting victims all over the globe.
--
While Nigeria's 401 scammers may have written the book on West African internet fraud, their shtick looks like Compuserve compared to what's going on in Ghana. Unsatisfied with the meager winnings from emailing thousands of random Westerners in hopes of convincing one poor sap they're the treasurer of the Ivory Coast, Ghana's scammers decided to stack the odds in their favor the old-fashioned way—witchcraft.
Taking a page from cyberpunk, traditional West African Juju priests adapted their services to the needs of the information age and started leading down-on-their-luck internet scammers through strange and costly rituals designed to increase their powers of persuasion and make their emails irresistible to greedy Americans. And so "Sakawa" was born.
Now not only is Sakawa Ghana's most popular youth activity and one of its biggest underground economies, it's a full-blown national phenomenon. Sakawa has its own tunes, clothing brands, Sakawasploitation flicks, and even a metastatic backlash from Christian preachers and the press. When we were in Accra over the summer it was impossible to walk more than 10 feet without seeing the word Sakawa in blood-red Misfits letters on a poster or tabloid, often accompanied by bone-chilling horrors of the photoshopped variety.
The government is freaked out because Sakawa is threatening Ghana's business reputation, the Christians are freaked out because they're losing money to the Juju priests, the press is freaked out because being freaked out is what sells papers, and the public is freaked out because their government, preacher, and media are all telling them they should be. All the while the Sakawa boys are living the high life and racking up debts to the spirit world, just waiting for the axe to fall.
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The World Bank in its latest assessment of economic trends across sub Saharan Africa, says that growth remains slower than expected at an average of 2.7%.
Albert Zeufack, the World Bank Chief Economist for Africa, says that slow growth is partly a reflection of less foreign direct investments, low momentum in global trade and industrial activity.
The bi annual analysis of the state of African Economies by the World Bank dubbed Africa's Pulse, ties in with Bank of Uganda's latest assessment that global oil prices, volatile currency market coupled with inflation remain indicators of stress on the economy.
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The World Bank in its latest assessment of economic trends across sub Saharan Africa, says that growth remains slower than expected at an average of 2.7%.
Albert Zeufack, the World Bank Chief Economist for Africa, says that slow growth is partly a reflection of less foreign direct investments, low momentum in global trade and industrial activity.
The bi annual analysis of the state of African Economies by the World Bank dubbed Africa's Pulse, ties in with Bank of Uganda's latest assessment that global oil prices, volatile currency market coupled with inflation remain indicators of stress on the economy.
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This is the latest in a series of transformative strategies that have resulted in sustained growth. From 2013 to November 2017, Access Bank has increased its to...

This is the latest in a series of transformative strategies that have resulted in sustained growth. From 2013 to November 2017, Access Bank has increased its total assets at a CAGR of 18% and delivered shareholder returns of 90%. The bank has also grown its customer base from 90,000 in 2002 to over 8 million in 2017 and in the same period opened 351 new branches.
The new 5-year strategy will accelerate this growth story to position Access Bank as the No. 1Nigerian bank by 2022 and create a Universal Payments Gateway to dominate international trade and inter-African payments.
The new strategy has six strategic levers:
• Digitally led
• Retail banking growth and consolidation in wholesale markets
• Customer focused
• Analytics driven, with robust risk management
• Strong global collaboration in key gateway markets
• The creation of a universal payments gateway
To deliver the transformation, Access Bank will adopt a new organisational structure. The retail bank will have a customer segment focus, driven by digital and payments. The corporate bank will build deep sector expertise and deploy global relationship managers. Access Bank’s subsidiaries will be organised around strategic clusters, with strong collaboration between them to secure trade finance and correspondent banking. The bank’s transformation programme will be underpinned by robust risk management together with high levels of automation to enhance the compliance and risk functions and drive customer insights.
In next phase of its transformation programme, Access Bank will embark on a series of bold initiatives. At home, the goal is to be the No. 1 bank in Nigeria by growing the retail customer base, SME client base, and by dominating the top 100Nigerian corporates. Internationally it will develop an integrated global franchise by strategically developing its presence in key African markets, enhancing collaboration in global financial gateways including London and New York, Asia and the Middle East, and strengthening its trade hubs in India, Dubai and China.
A strengthened presence in key African markets, and the creation of Universal Payments Gateway combined with an integrated global franchise, ideally positions Access Bank to be Africa’s Gateway to the World.

This is the latest in a series of transformative strategies that have resulted in sustained growth. From 2013 to November 2017, Access Bank has increased its total assets at a CAGR of 18% and delivered shareholder returns of 90%. The bank has also grown its customer base from 90,000 in 2002 to over 8 million in 2017 and in the same period opened 351 new branches.
The new 5-year strategy will accelerate this growth story to position Access Bank as the No. 1Nigerian bank by 2022 and create a Universal Payments Gateway to dominate international trade and inter-African payments.
The new strategy has six strategic levers:
• Digitally led
• Retail banking growth and consolidation in wholesale markets
• Customer focused
• Analytics driven, with robust risk management
• Strong global collaboration in key gateway markets
• The creation of a universal payments gateway
To deliver the transformation, Access Bank will adopt a new organisational structure. The retail bank will have a customer segment focus, driven by digital and payments. The corporate bank will build deep sector expertise and deploy global relationship managers. Access Bank’s subsidiaries will be organised around strategic clusters, with strong collaboration between them to secure trade finance and correspondent banking. The bank’s transformation programme will be underpinned by robust risk management together with high levels of automation to enhance the compliance and risk functions and drive customer insights.
In next phase of its transformation programme, Access Bank will embark on a series of bold initiatives. At home, the goal is to be the No. 1 bank in Nigeria by growing the retail customer base, SME client base, and by dominating the top 100Nigerian corporates. Internationally it will develop an integrated global franchise by strategically developing its presence in key African markets, enhancing collaboration in global financial gateways including London and New York, Asia and the Middle East, and strengthening its trade hubs in India, Dubai and China.
A strengthened presence in key African markets, and the creation of Universal Payments Gateway combined with an integrated global franchise, ideally positions Access Bank to be Africa’s Gateway to the World.

Customers yet to embrace e-banking in South Africa

The South African banking system is seen by many as world class. There are 51 million retail bank accounts on the books, in a country that has 51 million people...

The South African banking system is seen by many as world class. There are 51 million retail bank accounts on the books, in a country that has 51 million people. However, there is still a dependence on the physical branch networks as consumers haven't made the switch to electronic banking, yet, and this is costing the banks dearly. CCTV's Angelo Coppola with the story.

The South African banking system is seen by many as world class. There are 51 million retail bank accounts on the books, in a country that has 51 million people. However, there is still a dependence on the physical branch networks as consumers haven't made the switch to electronic banking, yet, and this is costing the banks dearly. CCTV's Angelo Coppola with the story.

Build Wealth by Starting Your Own Personal Bank

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Apply Now: The World Bank Group Africa Fellowship Program

Are you a Ph.D. student from Sub-Saharan Africa? Are you 32 years of age or younger? The World Bank Group is launching the second edition of the Africa Fellowship Program, an exciting initiative targeting Ph.D. candidates from Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly women. Apply now for a 6-month fellowship and help us work to eradicate poverty and increase shared prosperity: http://worldbank.org/africa/wbgfellows

Africa's Future and the World Bank's support to it

The strategy, Africa's Future and the World Bank's Support to It, has two pillars, Competitiveness and Employment and Vulnerability and Resilience and a foundation, Governance and Public Sector Capacity. The Region developed the strategy on the basis of extensive face-to-face and online consultations in Africa over a period of eight months in 2010. More than 2,000 people in 36 countries participated.
For more information on the World Bank's Africa Strategy, please visit:
http://go.worldbank.org/0PJJBZYPG0

Internet Scamming in Ghana

Fraudsters in Ghana show us how they use internet scams to steal thousands of dollars from unsuspecting victims all over the globe.
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While Nigeria's 401 scammers may have written the book on West African internet fraud, their shtick looks like Compuserve compared to what's going on in Ghana. Unsatisfied with the meager winnings from emailing thousands of random Westerners in hopes of convincing one poor sap they're the treasurer of the Ivory Coast, Ghana's scammers decided to stack the odds in their favor the old-fashioned way—witchcraft.
Taking a page from cyberpunk, traditional West African Juju priests adapted their services to the needs of the information age and started leading down-on-their-luck internet scammers through strange and costly rituals designed to increase their powers of persuasion and make their emails irresistible to greedy Americans. And so "Sakawa" was born.
Now not only is Sakawa Ghana's most popular youth activity and one of its biggest underground economies, it's a full-blown national phenomenon. Sakawa has its own tunes, clothing brands, Sakawasploitation flicks, and even a metastatic backlash from Christian preachers and the press. When we were in Accra over the summer it was impossible to walk more than 10 feet without seeing the word Sakawa in blood-red Misfits letters on a poster or tabloid, often accompanied by bone-chilling horrors of the photoshopped variety.
The government is freaked out because Sakawa is threatening Ghana's business reputation, the Christians are freaked out because they're losing money to the Juju priests, the press is freaked out because being freaked out is what sells papers, and the public is freaked out because their government, preacher, and media are all telling them they should be. All the while the Sakawa boys are living the high life and racking up debts to the spirit world, just waiting for the axe to fall.
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Sub-saharan Africa's economic growth slows down - World Bank

The World Bank in its latest assessment of economic trends across sub Saharan Africa, says that growth remains slower than expected at an average of 2.7%.
Albert Zeufack, the World Bank Chief Economist for Africa, says that slow growth is partly a reflection of less foreign direct investments, low momentum in global trade and industrial activity.
The bi annual analysis of the state of African Economies by the World Bank dubbed Africa's Pulse, ties in with Bank of Uganda's latest assessment that global oil prices, volatile currency market coupled with inflation remain indicators of stress on the economy.
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This is the latest in a series of transformative strategies that have resulted in sustained growth. From 2013 to November 2017, Access Bank has increased its total assets at a CAGR of 18% and delivered shareholder returns of 90%. The bank has also grown its customer base from 90,000 in 2002 to over 8 million in 2017 and in the same period opened 351 new branches.
The new 5-year strategy will accelerate this growth story to position Access Bank as the No. 1Nigerian bank by 2022 and create a Universal Payments Gateway to dominate international trade and inter-African payments.
The new strategy has six strategic levers:
• Digitally led
• Retail banking growth and consolidation in wholesale markets
• Customer focused
• Analytics driven, with robust risk management
• Strong global collaboration in key gateway markets
• The creation of a universal payments gateway
To deliver the transformation, Access Bank will adopt a new organisational structure. The retail bank will have a customer segment focus, driven by digital and payments. The corporate bank will build deep sector expertise and deploy global relationship managers. Access Bank’s subsidiaries will be organised around strategic clusters, with strong collaboration between them to secure trade finance and correspondent banking. The bank’s transformation programme will be underpinned by robust risk management together with high levels of automation to enhance the compliance and risk functions and drive customer insights.
In next phase of its transformation programme, Access Bank will embark on a series of bold initiatives. At home, the goal is to be the No. 1 bank in Nigeria by growing the retail customer base, SME client base, and by dominating the top 100Nigerian corporates. Internationally it will develop an integrated global franchise by strategically developing its presence in key African markets, enhancing collaboration in global financial gateways including London and New York, Asia and the Middle East, and strengthening its trade hubs in India, Dubai and China.
A strengthened presence in key African markets, and the creation of Universal Payments Gateway combined with an integrated global franchise, ideally positions Access Bank to be Africa’s Gateway to the World.

Customers yet to embrace e-banking in South Africa

The South African banking system is seen by many as world class. There are 51 million retail bank accounts on the books, in a country that has 51 million people. However, there is still a dependence on the physical branch networks as consumers haven't made the switch to electronic banking, yet, and this is costing the banks dearly. CCTV's Angelo Coppola with the story.

Access Bank Plc

Locations

The bank's headquarters is located in Lagos, Nigeria's financial centre. Access Bank has in excess of 300 bank branches in Nigeria's major commercial centers.

Overview

Access Bank is a large financial services provider, with an asset base in excess of US$12.6 billion (NGN:2.02 trillion), as of February 2012. The shareholders' equity in the bank is valued at approximately US$2.33 billion (NGN:373.5 billion)

Starting in 2007, Access Bank began an International expansion drive. As of February 2012, it has subsidiaries in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, The Gambia, United Kingdom, and Zambia.